Kelly Kerr, co-owner of Wardrobe Cleaners in Casper, prepares dry cleaning orders for delivery on Thursday afternoon. Kerr's business and others are benefiting from Wyoming's robust energy economy. Photo by Sarah Beth Barnett/Casper Star-Tribune.
Richard Zander poses in front of the BLM office in Buffalo. Zander is retiring after 35 years of service. Photo by Dan Cepeca, Casper Star-Tribune.
This overpass, completed in October 2003, carries heavy truck traffic between the north and south sides of Wamsutter. Photo by Bill Luckett/Casper Star-Tribune.
Field engineer Mike Sauers measures and marks the area for trucks to dump loads of gravel on the old Tipperary Road near Buffalo in Johnson County on Monday. Johnson County is using state grant money to reapply gravel designed to withstand the extra punishment caused by increased truck travel from the energy business. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune
Winds over seven miles per hour, known as cut in, start the 158 turbines North of Glenrock Tuesday morning. The turbines can generate power in winds as strong as 50 m.p.h. but will shutdown or "cut out" when winds reach 60 m.p.h. (Tim Kupsick, Star-Tribune)
Christine Campbell, right, helps her son Isaiah with his spelling homework as her daughter Alicia finishes school work last month. The Campbells moved to Torrington from Michigan to work at the Wyoming Medium Corrections Institution. Campbell said she and her husband essentially had been unemployed for two years. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
In this photo from Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, young olives recently planted into hedgerows are shown near Artois, Calif. In 10 years California officials say the 12,500 acres of olives for oil planted in hedgerow style will grow to 100,000 acres. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone)
In this photo from Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, olives ready to be mechanically harvested for olive oil are shown at California Olive Ranch in Artois. In the distance are the new hedgerow-style plantings that allow for mechanical harvesting. Olives can be picked and crushed inside of 90 minutes. In 10 years California officials say the 12,500 acres of olives for oil planted in hedgerow style will grow to 100,000 acres. (AP Photo/Tracie Cone)
Michael Brewer Sr. and his wife Valerie Brewer, left, pose for a photo after speaking about the recovery of their son Michael, 15, who was burned over 65 percent of his body after being doused with rubbing alcohol by a group of children, at Jackson Memorial hospital in Miami on Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009. People in South Florida held fundraiser's for her family. Cards and letters of support poured in from around the world. Rocker Ozzy Osbourne heard about Michael and sent him a boom box and some of his music. (AP Photo/David Adame)
Leave your notes and wishes for the deployed Wyomingites.
© Copyright 2009, trib.com, Casper, WY | Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
